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Do not neglect thy portion, which thou didst redeem for thyself out of the land of Egypt.
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Hear my prayer, and have mercy upon thy inheritance turn our mourning into feasting, that we may live and sing praise to thy name, O Lord; do not destroy the mouth of those who praise thee."
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And all Israel cried out mightily, for their death was before their eyes.
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And Esther the queen, seized with deathly anxiety, fled to the Lord;
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she took off her splendid apparel and put on the garments of distress and mourning, and instead of costly perfumes she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she utterly humbled her body, and every part that she loved to adorn she covered with her tangled hair.